The collapse at the Village Main Reef's Tau Lekoa gold mine in North West province followed at least one earth tremor. ... The death toll in South Africa's mines fell to 81 fatalities last year ...
Harmony Gold records two fatalities in consecutive days. By Mining Review Africa. May 6, 2024. Photo: Harmony Gold. Harmony Gold will be hosting a safety day …
The most-reported theme was causes of mining accidents, with 46% from 2015 to 2019. • The main cause of mining accidents was mechanical failure, according to the SLR study. • Utilizing software or models could enable predict immediate/ near future accident risks. • Mine owners play important roles in reducing the frequency of mining ...
South Africa achieved a record six months without a mining fatality caused by a fall-of-ground (Fog) incidents in its gold and platinum mines, industry body the …
More than 40 artisanal gold miners were killed in southwest Mali last week after the shaft they were working in collapsed, Mali's mines ministry said on Wednesday.
The death toll in South Africa's mines rose 18% in 2020 driven by accidents related to falling rocks and transportation, provisional figures from South Africa's main mining body showed on Friday.
Trade union Solidarity has expressed grave concern about mine safety in South Africa in the wake of the recent accident at Sibanye-Stillwater's Masakhane shaft at Driefontein.. According to adv. Paul Mardon, Solidarity's deputy general secretary for occupational health and safety, there is particular concern about seismic activities in …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14-19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe's ASGM. This study investigates the prevalence of accidents and injuries, as well as the associated risks and existing safety practices. A cros …
South Africa achieved a record six months without a mining fatality caused by a fall-of-ground (Fog) incidents in its gold and platinum mines, industry body the Minerals Council South Africa reports.
In 2022, fatalities in South Africa's mining industry hit a record low for a single year since the start of industrial-scale operations in the late 19th century.
This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday.
A systemic study of mining accident causality: An analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa January 2017 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and ...
For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from …
However, subsequent to this group safety intervention, Sibaye's South African operations experienced three separate fatal safety incidents between November 29 and December 3 – resulting in five ...
A Gold Fields employee died in an underground accident at its South Deep mine i n Westonaria, Gauteng, on Tuesday, the company said on Thursday. Operations …
Many workplaces in South Africa are hazardous, and occupational health and safety (OHS) has been a concern for the government, employers, and employees since the early stages of mine development ...
A hazard can be defined as any individual event or process that has potential to lead to loss or harm. Geological and environmental hazards are those events that arise from the workings of the natural environment, and as such they can be termed natural hazards.However, the term natural hazards is somewhat of a misnomer, as it could be …
South Africa's gold mines are the deepest and among the most dangerous in the world but the industry has made strides to improve safety in recent years. Because of the Doornkop incident and other operational problems, the company's gold production fell 12 percent in the quarter to 269,000 ounces.
December 2021 marked the second consecutive year of regression in safety on South African mines with falls of ground (FOG) and transport-related accidents being the leading causes of fatalities. In Part 3 of our series on Stemming Fatalities on SA mines, Industry stakeholders shed some light on the challenges faced in addressing transport …
Throughout the world, mines are dangerous workplaces with high accident rates. According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the number of occupational accidents in Iranian mines has increased in recent years.
Although mining is a cornerstone of the South African economy (), it generates copious amounts of dust. 1 The dusts may be toxic since they may also be contaminated with various toxic metals.For this reason, the prevalence and severity of occupational diseases in the mining industry depends on the ores mined, the …
According to local officials, the open-pit mine trapped 12 miners, meaning the safety figures for Indian mining in 2022 are grim reading. Though the number of accidents in India has gradually declined, coal mining remains one of the most dangerous.
Harmony Gold on Wednesday reported a fatality following a blasting accident at its Phakisa mine in South Africa's Free State province. The incident took …
An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday. It happened Monday evening at the end of the workers' …
The second quarter of 2022 has been FOG fatality free. The FOG fatal accidents predominantly in deep-level gold and platinum mining operations, and the …
Two Harmony Gold employees were killed in a "fall of ground" incident at the Kusasalethu mine, near Carletonville, in Gauteng. The mineworkers were killed in …
new targets for 2024 were set for the South African mining industry (Association of Mine Managers of South Africa, 2014). The new milestones that were set in terms of occupa-tional safety are listed below (Association of Mine Managers of South Africa, 2014): 'Every mining company must have a target of ZERO FATALITIES Every Fatality is one too ...
The collapse of a surface waste rock conveyor at Sibanye Stillwater's Burnstone developmental stage gold project in South Africa has resulted in the deaths of four workers. One person was also seriously injured in the accident, which occurred when five contractor workers were installing a head pulley of the recently built conveyor …
At least 54 workers died in mining-related accidents in South Africa last year. ... Harmony Gold reports fatality at South Africa mine. Reuters | May 22, 2024 | 8:16 am Top Companies Africa Gold .
'I lost six people': South Africans mourn latest mine tragedy. South African authorities have promised to tackle illegal mining after gas kills 17 people, including three children.
SA's mining industry and unions are concerned about an increase in mining-related deaths. The year 2019 was the safest year on record with 51 deaths. SA's deep …
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday.. Impala Platinum said that the worker died Sunday from injuries sustained when the elevator plummeted around 200 meters (650 …
Although mining plays a prominent role in the economy of South Africa, it is associated with many chemical hazards. Exposure to dust from mining can lead to many pathological effects depending on ...